Chapter Six: The Passion of Matt Patrick

“IT’S A ROUGH GAME, UNDERNEATH THE BACKSLAPS AND THE HANDSHAKES AND THE BIG NOBLE SPEECHES…” ALLEN DRURY, ADVISE AND CONSENT

The Community Counseling Service “generated letter to John Q. Prospect” claimed that the Alliance had “gained support from all the local politicians” and had “developed a strong base of influential republican and democratic supporters in the State House and in Congress.” Politically, it did look as though project opponents had everything sewn up.